9. Scripture teaches that the spirits of men are fully conscious after
separation from the body at death: 1) They can speak: Isaiah 14:9011;
Ezekiel 32:21; 2) They can cry: Matthew 8:11, 12; 13:43, 50; 22:13; Luke
16:24-31; 13:28; Revelation 6:9-11; 3) They can hear: John 5:25; 1 Peter
3:18-20; 4:6; 4) They can see: Luke 16:23; John 8:51-54, 45; 5) They
can feel pain: Luke 16:23, 24; Revelation 20;10; 6) They have a memory:
Luke 16:28.
Proof of consciousness after death may be found in the
following examples: 1) Samuel and the witch of Endor,1 Samuel 28:3, 11-16, 19;
2) The transfiguration on the mount, Matthew 17:3 (Luke 9:30); 3) The rich man
and Lazarus, Luke 16:19-31; 4) The thief on the cross, Luke 23:43.